I recently went to Istanbul for a few days and my friend and I needed to get a hotel. I went to…read moreHotwire.com and booked the room as Hotwire has always been reliable. I wanted to stay near the Sultanahmet and this hotel was a few kilometers away. I was sold just by looking at the website. This hotel is near Kadirga park south of the Grand Bazaar and closer to the water. It is situated near traditional Turkish shops and is near tons and tons of restaurants that will suck you into eating there. Happened to me a lot! Once we arrived we were greeted by the Turkish hotel staff who spoke English very well. They checked us in and the hotel staff presented us a briefing of Istanbul showing us where to eat, the best places to go and the easiest way to get to places. This was extremely helpful as Istanbul's streets are poorly marked or not marked at all. They also provided us with a complimentary cocktail. They also had outlet adapters available for us to use and were very receptive. The hotel also came with a free breakfast. The spread was decent but did not contain any breakfast meats which is understandable as the hotel has to cater to all guests from around the world. There is also free wi-fi which was pretty reliable. The hotel staff was also willing to arrange a car or taxi to pick you up. They also provided us advice on the public transportation (which is simple to use and very nice and clean!!). I would definitely stay here again. The rooms depending on the type and time you book them go for around a few hundred dollars. I definitely got an amazing deal with Hotwire. The only reason that I did not give this hotel five stars is because it is very difficult to find. It is near the best Western.

Hello,…read more I was with my boyfriend for one week there (28th Dec - 4th Jan)- This hotel is located in the old town of Istanbul. It is neat to the busstation and tramp 2min.(Findizade). Next to the hotel you can find a turkeish kios, which is al day open . But be careful it is also expensiver Because only 5min far way you can find a small supermarket. There is also a bakehouse, a pharmacy and a post office when you walk to the station findizade. But you also find a supermarket when you walk to the station haseki. Wenn you come in,a porter opens the door and it looks nice and friendly. Only staff from the reception speak english or try to understand you. When we saw our room, we were suprise :) tiny and simple! But the bed was okay! Only the bathroomI can recommed not to use! As we first entered our room we were pretty impressed but on a second look we noticed a couple of unexpected surprises.For instance, there was no safe in the room and the bathroom entirely cleaned up. The hotel provided safetyboxes at the reception and although it is a 4* hotel, you had to pay 1 euro per day for a safetybox. And after talking to other guests of 4* hotels in Istanbul we got to know that these people did not pay for their safetyboxes at the reception, this was a little disappointment for us. But anyway we paid. Since the room was not very clean (so was the bathroom too), we went to the reception and we expressed our complaints about the dirty room and the bathroom.To our surprise the staff understood our complains and cleand the róom up again. The breakfast is actually alright, but I advise you to be there as early as you can, then you have a much greater choice of bread.All in all is the breakfast pretty big, it gives the guests of various opportunities to start in the day.They have a lot starting from soups to eggs and so on. I personally was missing a greater selection of fruits. They had only slices of lemons and oranges. The glasse were not always as cleand as they should be, especially the milk can looked like it has been never cleaned in its entire life. The staff in the restaurant was not very ambitious nor did they greet you with a good morning or something equal to that. Above all I have to admitt that the restaurant was alright. though. The lobby was relaxed and you could wait for the one or other one. The hotel also disposed a lot of other room like a fitnessroom,computerroom,a bar and a hairdresser, but we have never entered these rooms. The minibar is extremely expensive but to our great luck there was a supermarket nearby and we bought a couple of details there. On fridays there is a fair at the exact opposite of the hotel, where you can buy lots of good things for a very small price, this place is mainly visited by turkish people.And all these people there are very friendly and look out to help you, not like some other rude people at the grand bazar As I talked to some other hotelguests, I noticed that some other hotels in Istanbul (also 4*) were in terms of hygiene pretty much the same. If you are capable of the the turkish language and the terms of hyigiene and service are not that important to you, will find himself or herself alright in this hotel. I personally would stay in the Mövenpick-Hotel in Istanbul for the next time. I hope this review will help you finding you the right hotel for your stay in Istanbul!